Evaluation of beta-naphthoxyacetic acid for mutagenic activity in the Salmonella/mammalian microsome assay.
K A Rashid, R O Mumma
Index: J. Environ. Sci. Health B 21 , 243-250, (1986)
Full Text: HTML
Abstract
Beta-naphthoxyacetic acid (BNOA) is used as a plant growth regulator on tomatoes and strawberries. It is the active ingredient in Blossom-Set and Berry-Set, two plant hormone sprays for fruit-set. The mutagenic activity of BNOA was evaluated in four strains of Salmonella typhimurium (TA97, TA98, TA100 and TA1535) in the presence and absence of liver microsomal and cytosolic enzymes derived from Aroclor induced rats. BNOA did not produce any significant increase (p less than 0.05) in the reversion of any of the four tester strains in the standard plate incorporation assay. Results of the agar overlay toxicity tests indicates that the chemical shows toxic effects at concentrations above 500 micrograms/plate. It was concluded that under the conditions of these tests, BNOA did not exhibit any mutagenic activity.
Related Compounds
Related Articles:
2012-01-01
[Phytochem. Anal. 23(3) , 214-21, (2012)]
Synthesis, molecular docking and antiamnesic activity of selected 2- naphthyloxy derivatives.
2013-05-01
[Med. Chem. 9(3) , 371-8, (2013)]
Determination of naphthalene by competitive fluorescence immunoassay.
2009-07-01
[Environ. Monit. Assess. 154(1-4) , 233-9, (2009)]
2-Amino-2-thiazoline and its 1:1 organic salt with 2-naphthoxyacetic acid.
2004-09-01
[Acta Crystallogr. C 60(Pt 9) , o677-9, (2004)]
Study on using I- as heavy atom perturber in cyclodextrin-induced room temperature phosphorimetry.
2000-07-01
[Spectrochim. Acta. A. Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 56A(8) , 1513-21, (2000)]